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Originally Posted by vienna
Actually, here in our court jurisdiction, potential jurors are required to swear an oath prior to the voir dire phase affirming they will not give false statements in an attempt to either avoid jury duty or attempt to get on a jury as a biased participant; a second oath is required once the selected jurors are officially empaneled for trial; there are legal repercussions if the oath is violated...
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That can vary from one jurisdiction to another as they follow local / state judicial procedure rules. The voire dire phase is little more than a procedure and series of questions by which one attorney can raise Peremptory challenges, dismissing potential jurors on what they feel may be an unfair bias. I'm sure this is what you meant and you are right.
Edit: Voire dire can also be a series of questions to determine one's expertise on a given subject if they intend to testify as an expert witness. I was limiting things to potential jurors above.